Self-harming the soul

"Soul power!"

Lin Feng murmured inwardly. For him, the soul was a nebulous concept, elusive and unpredictable.

Lin Feng had not yet reached the level of understanding the soul. His cultivation was not high enough.

"Perhaps you don't really understand what the soul is. Let me explain it simply. In fact, a warrior's martial soul is a manifestation of the soul. Those with powerful souls can unleash the full power of their martial souls and are adept at utilizing them."

"As a warrior's cultivation grows stronger, their soul also strengthens. At the same time, their martial soul also grows. For example, a sword martial soul owner, when they are weak, the sword martial soul can only give them a slight enhancement in swordsmanship, but because their own cultivation is weak, their soul is weak too, they cannot fully utilize the power of the sword martial soul, and are not qualified to be called a sword cultivator. A powerful sword cultivator doesn't even need a physical sword; their martial soul is the sword itself, and they can wield it as they please. By using the martial soul sword, they can comprehend swordsmanship much faster."

The expert knew his time was limited and shared his insights into martial arts and the Dao with Lin Feng.

"Some people have dual martial souls, possessing two kinds of martial souls. These individuals are called geniuses. However, if both of their martial souls are ordinary and they don't know how to use them effectively, they are not really considered exceptional. They are not as good as someone who possesses a powerful unique martial soul. The reason dual martial soul possessors are considered geniuses is that they have been bestowed with extraordinary souls by heaven. Their soul power is stronger than others', which gives them better comprehension and a brighter future. When they comprehend the profound mysteries, they find it easier than others and gain additional insights, among many other countless benefits."

"In short, you must understand that the soul determines a person's future. A strong soul can easily surpass others of the same level. It's like a martial technique I taught the descendants of the Purple Mansion, the Violet Extinction, which actually uses the power of the soul to control the martial soul, creating a phantom body with the ability to perform space-annihilating attacks that are undefendable."

"I see." The Violet Extinction is a manifestation of soul power.

Purple Shadow's strength isn't very powerful, only at the ninth level of Spirit Martial Realm, one level higher than him. Since Purple Shadow can achieve it, Lin Feng must also be able to do it. After all, as the expert said, what he values is Lin Feng's soul power, which is much stronger than others at the same level.

At this moment, this illusory world suddenly flickered and became blurry in a short instant, but then it returned to normal.

"It seems my time is running out."

There was a hint of melancholy in the voice of the expert. Then he said to Lin Feng, "I won't say much more. In short, you must remember that having a strong soul can allow you to advance your realm faster, make better use of your abilities and control your martial soul more perfectly. You can also fight by controlling external objects. Furthermore, a strong soul can assist you in setting up formations, refining divine weapons, and concocting pills."

The expert mentioned many benefits at once, which made Lin Feng somewhat surprised. These are all benefits possessed by those with powerful souls.

"Next, I will impart some memories to you. These memories have been divided into three segments by me so that you can better accept them and then digest them for your own use. The first segment of memories contains some of my deeds and the martial arts techniques I consider good. I didn't want to erase them completely, so I left them behind. This way, at least someone in this world will know about them, and it won't be in vain."

"The second segment of memories contains my insights into formations, alchemy, and artifact refining, all of which I leave to you."

"These three segments of memories are the simplest yet most important. The cultivation method for refining the soul was something I accidentally obtained and it made me who I am. This soul refining cultivation method is called Remnant Soul Heavenly Art. By cultivating the remnant soul, one achieves heavenly art. It's because of this Remnant Soul Heavenly Art that I was able to preserve this remnant soul until now. Moreover, I have never passed on this Remnant Soul Heavenly Art to anyone else. You must cherish it."

As the man's voice grew increasingly despondent, he concluded, and this illusory world shattered directly. Then, three rays of light, carrying memories, directly drilled into Lin Feng's brow, engraved into his mind, and imprinted into his soul.

"Boom!"

Lin Feng only felt a violent tremor in his mind, a tearing pain, causing him to break out in a cold sweat instantly. It was painful to integrate foreign memories into his own brain. How could it not be painful?

His head was spinning, and Lin Feng felt the overwhelming memories pouring into his mind, almost causing his mind to explode.

The existence of the strong man just now was extraordinary. Even though it was just three strands of remnant soul memories, they were still incredibly powerful, carrying a vast amount of information.

With a bang in his mind, Lin Feng finally fainted like Duan Xinye, lying quietly on the ground, unaware of the passage of time.

Outside the Forbidden Land gate, the crowd remained quiet, waiting. It had been a day since the massacre of the Purple Mansion. On this day, Meng Qing had been standing outside the Forbidden Land gate, dressed in white like snow, her clothes fluttering, but her body unmoving, like an ice goddess.

The knights with bronze masks did not leave either, sitting quietly on the ground with their legs crossed, hardly moving, which was somewhat eerie.

The crowd did not leave either. Some were unwilling to leave, while others dared not leave. In any case, whether out of curiosity or fear, all the people under the long corridor stayed here, looking at those figures that looked like statues.

They had become even more curious about Lin Feng. Who exactly was Lin Feng?

Besides the tranquility, there was another presence, that was Meng Qing.

Around her body, there was a layer of ice drifting, extremely cold, intensely cold. This chill seemed to want to expand, but it was suppressed by Meng Qing, lingering around her body, forming wisps of substantial white mist. This mist, when dispersed, could make people feel like their bodies were about to freeze.

No one knew the reason for this, nor did anyone know that Meng Qing was currently being eroded by an incredibly strong chill, unable to suppress the cold creeping through her body.

When she came to find Lin Feng, it happened to be when the chill within her was raging. Upon hearing from the Purple Mansion Patriarch that he had killed Lin Feng, Meng Qing forgot everything. She forgot to suppress the cold inside her, only thinking about killing. She even used that cold to kill the Purple Mansion Patriarch, leading to a terrible consequence. The cold erupted, and she could no longer suppress it, only silently enduring this unknown cold.

Lin Feng, who was only separated from Meng Qing by a door, had already awakened, and Duan Xinye had also awakened.

At this moment, many memories had been added to their minds. Duan Xinye's added memories were a set of sword techniques, a beautiful set of sword techniques, belonging to female swordsmanship. This set of sword techniques was a fusion of sword cultivation methods and sword martial skills.

In Lin Feng's memories, there was much more information, exactly as the expert had said, divided into three segments. Each segment of memory contained an enormous amount of information, and Lin Feng was constantly digesting it.

Fortunately, when the expert transmitted the memories to him, he had already divided them into three segments, so these memories were not chaotic when they entered his mind, but rather very clear and easy to sort out.

Sitting there for a long time, Lin Feng finally digested these three segments of memories, opened his eyes, and his gaze was very calm.

"Remnant Soul Heavenly Art!"

Lin Feng murmured to himself. This Remnant Soul Heavenly Art was specifically for cultivating the soul, and it was eccentric, actually involving self-harm, self-harming one's own soul.

By using the methods in the Remnant Soul Heavenly Art, the intact soul was split into countless strands of remnant souls, and then each strand of remnant soul was individually cultivated, making each one stronger and able to stand alone.

When the remnant souls were reconsolidated, they would unleash formidable power. Moreover, even if the remnant souls were separated, they could each play their own roles. If there were millions of remnant souls, how terrifying would that be?

Self-harming the soul, how painful would it be to split one's own soul? This Remnant Soul Heavenly Art was very powerful, but it was also too domineering, beyond imagination.